linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 11/17] ARM: XEN: Move xen_early_init() before efi

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Date:	Tue, 29 Mar 2016 17:07:57 +0100
From:	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
To:	Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>
Cc:	catalin.marinas@....com, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	stefano.stabellini@...rix.com, david.vrabel@...rix.com,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, julien.grall@....com,
	peter.huangpeng@...wei.com, xen-devel@...ts.xen.org,
	zhaoshenglong@...wei.com, shannon.zhao@...aro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 11/17] ARM: XEN: Move xen_early_init() before
 efi_init()

On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 12:54:09PM +0000, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> are you OK with this patch?

Nothing against it, but the only arm64 bit is:

> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
> > index 450987d..6cf5051 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
> > @@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
> >  	 */
> >  	local_async_enable();
> >  
> > +	xen_early_init();
> >  	efi_init();
> >  	arm64_memblock_init();
> >  
> > @@ -334,7 +335,6 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
> >  	} else {
> >  		psci_acpi_init();
> >  	}
> > -	xen_early_init();

so it's difficult to care too much ;) I do hope that there won't be a
need to split up efi_init() in future because some of it has to happen
before xen_early_init, but that doesn't sound likely at the moment.

Will